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Surah 26. Ash-Shuara, Ayah 49

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قَالَ ءَامَنتُمْ لَهُۥ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Q a la a mantum lahu qabla an ath ana lakum innahu lakabeerukumu alla th ee AAallamakumu a l ssi h ra falasawfa taAAlamoona laoqa tt iAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khil a fin walao s allibannakum ajmaAAeen a
Said [Pharaoh]: "Have you come to believe in him25 ere I have given you permission? Verily, he must be your master who has taught you magic!26 But in time you shall come to know [my revenge]: most certainly shall I cut off your hands and your feet great numbers, because of [your] perverseness, and shall most certainly crucify you in great numbers, all together!"27
  - Mohammad Asad

See note [91] on 7:123 .

I.e., "he is so superior a sorcerer that he could be your teacher".

See notes [44] and [45] on {5: 33}, and note [92] on 7:124 , which explain the repeated stress on "great numbers" in the above sentence.

Fir'on shouted: "How dare you believe in him before I give you permission? He must be your master who taught you the witchcraft. But soon you shall find out. I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides and crucify you all."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Pharaoh threatened, 'How dare you believe in him before I give you permission? He must be your master who taught you magic, but soon you will see. I will certainly cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, then crucify you all.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
(Pharaoh) said, Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you everyone.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Said (Pharaoh): "Believe ye in him before I give you permission? Surely he is your leader who has taught you sorcery! But soon shall ye know! "But sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides and I will cause you all to die on the cross!" 3165
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The sorcerers knew that they had met something very different from their tricks. Allah's power worked on them and they professed the True God. As they represented the intelligence of the community, it may be presumed that they carried the intelligence of Egypt with them and perhaps some of the commonalty, who were impressed by the dramatic scene! Hence Pharaoh's anger, but it is the beginning of his decline!

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